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MAJOR IN ENGLISH

36 semester hours in English and 12 s.h. in supporting courses
Required courses:

  • ENG 208 British Literature before 1780
  • ENG 209 British Literature after 1780
  • ENG/THEA 216 Introduction to Shakespeare
  • ENG 220 American Literature: Colonial to Romantic
  • ENG 400 Major Seminar: Senior Year
  • One course in British or American history, with a grade of C or better
  • One course in philosophy, excluding PHIL 103, with a grade of C or better
  • One year of a single foreign language

One of the following:

  • ENG 310 Chaucer
  • ENG/THEA 315 Tudor-Stuart Drama
  • ENG 320 Renaissance Literature

One of the following:

  • ENG 225 18th-Century British Literature
  • ENG 227 The 18th-Century British Novel
  • ENG 228 The 19th-Century British Novel
  • ENG 231 Romantic Literature
  • ENG 236 Victorian Literature

One of the following:

  • ENG 221 American Literature: Realism to Present
  • ENG 333 Modern Fiction
  • ENG 334 Modern Poetry
  • ENG 264 African-American Literature

One of the following, unless included in the choices above:

  • ENG 221 American Literature: Realism to Present
  • ENG 264 African-American Literature

Four additional courses in English with no more than two at the 100 level, excluding ENG 100, ENG 101, ENG 102, ENG 103, and ENG 104

MINOR IN ENGLISH

21 semester hours
Required courses:

  • ENG 208 British Literature before 1780
  • ENG 209 British Literature after 1780
  • ENG/THEA 216 Introduction to Shakespeare
  • ENG 220 American Literature: Colonial to Romantic

Three additional courses in English, with no more than two at the 100 level, excluding ENG 100, ENG 101, ENG 102, ENG 103, and ENG 104